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and Countess of Somerset for the 

 murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, 

 184 ; of Mr. Markham, in the Star 

 Chamber, for sending a challenge 

 to Lord Darcy, 189 ; of Lord and 

 Lady Suffolk for trafficking 1 with the 

 public money, 226. 



Trinity college, see Cambridge. 



Tribe, idols of warping the judgment 

 in the search after truth, 273. 



Truth, Bacon s theory upon the mode 

 of discovering, 35 ; Bacon s mode 

 in the discovery of, 62 ; Bacon s 

 simple mode of illustrating, 123 ; 

 the investigation of, and advance 

 ment of knowledge an infinitely 

 higher object than worldly power, 

 192; the impartial investigation of, 

 an infinitely higher object than the 

 pursuits of the statesman or hero, 

 193, 194 ; discovery of, conduct of 

 the understanding in, Novum Or- 

 ganum, a treatise upon part of Ba 

 con s intended great work, 267 ; 

 best discovered in small and fami 

 liar instances, Bacon s favourite doc 

 trine, 268 ; Bacon s mode of dis 

 covering, compared to the proceed 

 ings in a court of justice, 269 ; the 

 four requisites in the discovery of, 

 270 ; investigation of idols warping 

 the mind in, 273 ; proper motives 

 in the investigation of, extract from 

 Novum Organum, 277 ; Bacon s 

 mode in the discovery of, see affir 

 mative table, 285 ; Bacon s theory 

 as to, and mode of investigating, 

 Brown the philosopher s objections 

 to, and Bacon s anticipation of, 298 ; 

 Coleridge s objection to Bacon s 

 mode of investigating, and Bacon s 

 anticipation of, 300. 



Turner, Mrs., Sir Edward Coke s brutal 

 conduct to her upon her trial, 145. 



UNDERSTANDING, warps of, see Locke, 

 note (a), 272 ; conduct of, in the 

 investigation of truth, 283. 



Undertakers to control the house, the 

 rumour excited against the King 

 respecting, 161 ; Bacon s powerful 

 speech upon the absurdity of the 

 rumour respecting, see outline in 

 note, 161. 



Union, Bacon s exertions respecting, 

 see note (g), 109 ; and efforts to 

 promote, 139. 



Universality, abandoning, one of the 



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errors in the investigation of truth, 

 273. 



Universities, Bacon s praise of the in 

 stitutions of, in general, 7 ; Bacon s 

 opinion of the English, 10 ; Bacon s 

 tract upon the defects of, 1 1 ; defect 

 in there being no lectures upon the 

 passions in the English, 113; de 

 fects of, see Bacon s Advancement 

 of Learning, Book II., 133 ; inter 

 ference by, in causes depending, 

 233 ; imperfect collections for ex 

 periment in, 278 



University education, neglect of use 

 ful knowledge, 112, see note Q Q Q. 



VALOUR, martial, the strength of a 

 state dependent upon, rather than 

 riches and territory, 117. 



Variation of the divisions of the art of 

 experimenting, 264. 



Verulam, Bacon s magnificent house 

 of retirement at, 257. 



Villiers, his mercenariness, see Tanner 

 MSS., respecting his negotiation 

 witli Sir H. Mountagu, note, 127, 

 128, et seq. ; his birth and parent 

 age, 179 ; his character and person, 



179 ; his determination to try his 

 fortune at court, 179 ; King James s 

 attachment to, 179 ; his admission 

 into the King s household, 179 ; 

 his successive honours and final 

 creation as Duke of Buckingham, 



180 ; his letter to Bacon upon the 

 regulation of his conduct at court, 

 note (a), see reply, 180 ; his friend 

 ship for Bacon, 180 ; Bacon s let 

 ter to, upon the dispute respecting 

 the jurisdiction of the Court of 

 Chancery, 186 ; Bacon s letter to, 

 upon the motion 1o swear him privy 

 councillor, 187 ; Bacon s letter to, 

 upon his appointment as Chan 

 cellor, 190 ; Bacon s letter to, con 

 taining Chancellor Brackley s opi 

 nion of his powers, see note (c), 

 187; Bacon s advice to, upon the 

 appointment of good judges, note(b\ 

 198 ; his journey, while Earl of 

 Buckingham, with the King to 

 Scotland, as prime minister and 

 master of the revels, 211 ; his po 

 licy in surrounding the King with 

 buffooneries, 212 ; his constant 

 communication with Bacon during 

 the King s progress, 203 ; Bacon s 

 letter to, upon taking his seat as 



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